Lesson Plan

Add two vectors graphically using the head-to-tail (end-to-end) method.

Add two vectors graphically using the parallelogram rule.

Add vectors component-wise and verify the result agrees with graphical methods.

Explain why the magnitude of a sum of two vectors is typically not the sum of the magnitudes.

Given two vectors in magnitude-and-direction form, find the magnitude and direction of their sum.

Define vector subtraction as adding the additive inverse; represent subtraction graphically and component-wise.

HSN.VM.B.4